MoviesBlockbuster adaptation of Broadway musical Wicked hits most of the right notes Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesScott Beck and Bryan Woods’ holy terror Heretic casts Hugh Grant as a nightmare nihilist Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesAnora’s writer-director Sean Baker on sex work, endings as beginnings, and mainstream acclaim Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesSean Baker’s Anora is a tragicomedy filled with heart and rage, but it’s the little things that matter Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesVenom: The Last Dance forgets its signature moves and drunkenly stumbles through the grand finale Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesEureka Springs projects new screams on screen at ‘Nightmare in the Ozarks’ film fest Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesWill & Harper is a charming, honest look at transitioning and allyship Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesFrancis Ford Coppola’s navel gaze-y epic Megalopolis exists only for the guy who made it Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTim Burton’s signature style is back for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but so is his inability to rein it in Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesBlink Twice nearly achieves cutthroat aim of dragging the rich and famous into the abyss Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesEtheria Film Festival wishes it didn’t have to exist. Until more opportunities arise for female filmmakers, they’ll carry the torch. Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesGreg Kwedar’s Sing Sing is 90 percent social realism, 10 percent Hollywood syrup Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesThings keep getting better for homegrown indie horror hit It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesFake Blood, Dish Soap, and Wrestlers: Austin Snell and his ragtag crew’s 16mm labor of lover unspools in They Call Her Death Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTwisters barely harnesses the gale force wind of 90s summer blockbusters Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesAdrien Beau’s vampiric The Vourdalak is a cult favorite in the making Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesCora Bora is the perfect showcase for Megan Stalter’s powerful personality Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesAnnie Baker’s lovely Janet Planet is a cinematic love letter to your younger self Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesKelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s lovely drama Ghostlight tells a familiar tale with refreshing honesty Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesAustin Snell brings 16mm to the 21st century with revenge western They Call Her Death Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesDaina O. Pusić’s modern fairy tale bites off more than it can chew in A24’s Tuesday Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPixar’s latest sequel Inside Out 2 knows you’re messy and loves you anyway Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesHome Movies: KC Film’s new lead Rachel Kephart wants Hollywood to set up shop in the Heartland Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPull Some Strings: Simple Mischief Studio’s married puppeteers helped bring IF’S fantastical creatures to life Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesThe Fall Guy proselytizes for the unsung heroes of cinema: stuntpeople Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesCartoonishly delightful Boy Kills World is trying very hard, and that’s what matters Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPotentially rich but dramatically flat, Challengers whiffs a grand slam opportunity Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesArcadian’s Jaeden Martell and Maxwell Jenkins on post-apocalyptic adolescence and working with Nicolas Cage Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
Movies2024 audiences may not be in a space to enjoy Civil War. 2034 audiences (if they still exist) will love it. Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2024: Jill “Sixx” Gevargizian returns our screens (and our screams) with Ghost Game Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesAzrael is the best movie of 2024 you may never get to watch. [Update: This weekend, you get to watch it.] Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPanic Fest 2024: Sting is a creepy crawly delight that pits a cute family against an alien spider Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesGirls State of the Union: Filmmakers from Boys State couldn’t have known what their sister doc would capture in Missouri Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesReproductive donor documentary Spermworld undoes its sensitivity with cynicism Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesDavid Dastmalchian on Late Night with the Devil, The Life of Chuck and Good Fiend Films Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesGhostbusters: Frozen Empire is an improvement over other recent series entries, but that’s not saying much Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesSXSW 2024: Things Will Be Different introduces Michael Felker to the Benson & Moorehead stable Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesRose Glass’ Hulked-out Love Lies Bleeding is a gritty, gloriously queer desert noir Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesSXSW 2024: Secret Mall Apartment is an ode to art, community, and imagination Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Look Into My Eyes reminds us psychics are people, too. Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Benjamin Ree’s heartwarming documentary Ibelin examines human life through a gamer’s lens Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Seeking Mavis Beacon looks for the woman who taught us how to type Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesTrue/False 2024: Girls State is an empowering, heartbreaking return to 2022’s most divisive week Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesLittle Gold Men: 2024’s Oscars grapple with strikes and Barbenheimer? In this economy? Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesMadame Web is 2024’s answer to 2004’s disastrous comic book film Catwoman Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
MoviesPresent Tense: Randy Bacon freeze-frames our city’s diversity as museum modernity Abby Olcese, May 20, 2025
